Saturday, September 16th The view from the back door. Looking southeast at sunrise. South Southeast at sunrise. South Southwest at sunrise. This morning’s weather. Self-portrait in Shadow No. 2 This week’s cumulative rain as of…

Friday, September 15th First Light Today’s weather Sunrise East Sunrise Southeast Sunrise Southwest North East West Waiting The Bus Newly green TGIF! And that’s about all I can say for today. After 2 days of…

Thursday, September 14th What a difference a day can make… Yesterday afternoon we had a good rain shower about the time the kids got home from school. Fall total. It probably rained. Three quarters of…

Wednesday, September 13th Wordless Wednesday Self-portrait in Shadow No. 1

Tuesday September 12th While it’s not as cool this morning.. it is still pleasant out on the front porch. The temperature is up. Though the dew point being at 70° makes the day feel much…

Monday, September 11th On the front porch this morning.. it’s surprisingly cool. With a dew point below 70° and a temperature almost the same at 69°, it’s the best feeling morning we’ve had in a…

Sunday September 10th Another interesting morning.. though the temperature is up, the humidity is down.. so in terms of how it feels it’s pretty much a wash. Watching the battles unfold out my back window…

Saturday, September 9th These are the kind of mornings that I love to take photos of. It’s cool out… Well, somewhat… The humidity is not as high as normal even though it has raised overnight…

Friday September 8th Sitting out on the front porch once again.. on what the weather prognosticators are saying “should” be the last in a long line of heat advisory days. I must admit sitting out…

Thursday, September 7th According to the readings on the weather app it shouldn’t feel this pleasant on the front porch. But with the fan blowing, it’s almost chill. According to my phone, it’s a comfortable…

Wednesday September 6th Wordless Wednesday

Tuesday September 5th Walking out of the front porch this morning before sunup I was slapped in the face by summer. If you look at the screen capture below you might notice that the feels…

Monday September 4th Labor Day It’s not as pleasant out this morning. Radar is showing some rain around… Mostly across Galveston Bay and into Western Louisiana. We actually had a 5-minute shower Sunday afternoon. We…

Friday September 1st TGIF First Light From the back porch about an hour later… Is this morning weather going to last? The sun is up.. and we’re on the front porch. And right back where…

Thursday August 31st Yesterday was the first morning in a long, long time that it was actually pleasant sitting on the front porch. So much so, that even though I turned the fan on, I…

Wednesday August 30th Wordless Wednesday

Tuesday August 29th It does not feel as pleasant out this morning as I expected. I’m not really sure exactly what the difference is.. The humidity is reasonable.. The temperature is not bad.. Even the…

Monday August 28th Out on the porch this morning and while the temperature isn’t cool… The dew point at 72° makes it almost pleasant. Last night at bedtime the radar image was pleasantly surprising. Quite…

Friday August 25th It’s the last Friday in August. And it’s almost pleasant here on the front age as well as the fan is blowing. The days are definitely getting shorter. It’s still dark out…

Thursday August 24th It’s just another hot and humid morning in SE Texas… Without a drop of rain in the forecast. I was sitting around today when I noticed the second airplane buzzing by over…

Wednesday August 23rd Wordless Wednesday

Tuesday August 22nd When I woke up this morning I did what I always do and glanced at my phone… This morning I was gob smacked by the temperature I saw at 5:15am. Once I…

Monday August 21st The only difference between this morning and every other morning since school started is the addition of clouds to the sky. Which means there’s additional color in the sunrise. But trust me…

Friday August 18th Well yesterday morning was definitely a one of… The pleasantly cool morning on the front porch without a fan was definitely too much to expect a repeat. Though, I do see some…

Thursday August 17th I really wish I could say that I could get used to the way the morning feels. But sadly that’s not the case.. this is a one of.. just a single instance…

Wednesday August 16th Wordless Wednesday

Tuesday August 16th Once again, I find myself sitting in the heat heat and humidity of my front porch as I await the second coming of a school bus. And then, I see the weather…

Monday August 14th It’s another warm and humid morning on the porches. At least the fan provides a bit of wind chill as I sit on the front porch watching for the buses. But all…

Sunday August 13th It doesn’t feel quite as bad this morning on the front porch. The stats say it shouldn’t be much different from yesterday.. but I didn’t see an excessive heat warning on my…

Saturday August 12th The day started off and warm and has only gotten warmer since… I’m spending my day playing sidewalk supervisor to the crew that is cleaning up the fallen limbs in my front…

Friday August 11th It’s just another hot August morning in Southeast Texas. There are a few clouds floating around in the sky but there’s not enough moisture to even wet your mouth. It’s exactly this…

Thursday August 10th It’s the start of a new school year here … It’s the first day of school. So my days are starting even earlier than last year. The grandkids, at least the two…

Wednesday August 9th Wordless Wednesday

Tuesday August 8th It’s another hot summer’s day that I couldn’t drag myself into the heat for my morning pictures. So here are some from early afternoon… It’s still hot though check out the thermometer…

Monday August 7th We are in the monotony of long hot summer days. The forecast doesn’t change. Rain is not in the long-term future even. Just day after day of hot, dry, oppressive temperatures. So,…

Sunday August 6th This is an ice water muse. It’s mid-afternoon and it’s too hot for coffee… Though looking at the humidity and of the dew point, you would almost think it would be comfortable…

Saturday August 5th I was in no hurry to get up and get moving this morning. So here it is not quite an hour before noon and I’m still drinking coffee. As you can see…

Friday August 4th I got busy and forgot to post these pictures… And I really don’t have anything to say… So have a great weekend.

Thursday August 3rd It should be no surprise to anyone reading this blog that I am a bleeding heart liberal. And as such, I find today to be quite disconcerting. The very fact that this…

Wednesday August 2nd Wordless Wednesday Counting Down To 70 Years – 188 Days

Tuesday August 1st Happy Birthday Sherry We managed to break or tie high temperatures yesterday as we ended July 2023. We have a good chance to do it again as we enter August. As I…

Monday July 31st The lead at Space City Weather isn’t hope inspiring… Yes, there is a light at the end of the tunnel.Unfortunately, that light is the Sun. And it’s going to be blazing hot…

Sunday July 30th Not much changing.. it’s hot.. it’s still.. and it’s dry … Don’t have much to say today so I’ll just say.. have a great day and I’ll catch y’all on the other…

Saturday July 29th I am enjoying this break from the excessive heat of this summer. The prognosticators assure me that my break will not last long. Summer still has a ways to go.. she is…

Friday July 28th It’s another in a long line of sunny and hot mornings in SE Texas. The prognosticators are foretelling of plenty of the same to come… Not too long ago I recalled a…

Thursday July 27th The overnight low bottomed out at 73°. That’s almost unheard of for this summer. The forecasted high is still at 96° though. And the chance of rain is below 20%… My procrastination…

Wednesday July 26th Wordless Wednesday

Tuesday July 25th “A combination of slightly cooler temperatures and slightly lower dewpoints means that the National Weather Service, for the first time in more than two weeks, has not issued a heat advisory or…

Monday July 24th “High temperatures today will likely top out in the mid- to upper-90s for most of the region, with mostly sunny skies. Showers and thunderstorms will be possible from early afternoon through early…

Sunday Evening After the storm.